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Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books in AI training

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who alleged the AI company used pirated books to train its Claude model. The settlement resolves claims that Anthropic copied copyrighted works without permission. The case highlights ongoing legal battles over AI training data and copyright law.

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The settlement's size signals that AI companies may face significant costs for using copyrighted data, but it sidesteps a definitive legal ruling on fair use.
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